SUA POLICY ON PAYMENT OF TRAVEL EXPENSES
May 2019
1. The SUA will pay reasonable out of pocket travel expenses for SUA gatherings, general meetings of the SUA Executive Committee, and all sub-committee meetings, to members of member congregations and co-opted persons, as a specific and practical means of attracting a greater degree of participation. This is a risk mitigation measure and may not be necessary throughout the life of the SUA. Therefore this policy will be reviewed periodically and in any case when the level of participation at SUA gatherings and meetings is consistently sufficiently high that it may be reasonable to curtail this expenditure.
2. The SUA has not so far paid travel expenses to individuals participating in other bodies’ events. The SUA usually makes grants of up to 50% of the fees for such events and encourages individuals to seek additional financial support, if necessary, from their own congregations.
3. As there is no Minister for the District at present, the SUA will consider and may choose to pay travel expenses to local Unitarians who visit other SUA congregations as preacher, if those congregations are so short of money that the preacher is left out of pocket.
